Chapter 07 Systems life cycle

What happens in the Analysis Stage?

• Look at the existing system and find areas to improve
• Create the new system and test it
• Place the new system into the company for use
• Decide how well the new system is working

Which stage comes after Design?

• Evaluation
• Documentation
• Development and Testing
• Design

What happens in the Development and Testing Stage?

• Plan the proposed system
• Place the new system into the company for use
• Decide how well the new system is working
• Create the new system and test it

User Manuals and Technical guides are created in which stage of the System Analysis and Design?

• Design
• Analysis
• Documentation
• Evaluation

"I went to a company as a system analyst, sat down to see how the current system works. I did not talk to anyone." Which research method is described above?

• Interview
• Questionnaire
• Collecting Documents
• Observation

"My work is to go through the books of the company I am working for in order to establish what data is inputted into the system." What research method is described above?

• Collecting Documents
• Interviews
• Observation
• Questionnaire

"I asked questions verbally to all the employees of the accounts department at Greensteds School, to find out how their systems work." What research method is described above?

• Questionnaires
• Interviews
• Collecting Documents
• Observation

"While at the supermarket, one of the workers gave me a handout containing questions that I had to answer and return. " Which research method is described above

• Handouts
• Questionnaire
• Receipt
• Evaluation

"My friend thinks that the best research method is Interviews, since it gives you the true picture of the company". Do you agree?

• Yes
• No
• It depends on the situation

"Sometimes, interviews include personal opinions rather than what happens in the organisation." Do you agree?

• Yes
• No